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Chris Williams runs through a rain storm as he packs his car to evacuate his apartment in Fort Myers, Fla., on Wednesday before Hurricane Milton's arrival. People are waiting to assess the damage after the storm came ashore.

Milton makes landfall in Florida with warnings of life-threatening storm surges

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening near Siesta Key in Sarasota County along the west coast of Florida as the National Hurricane Center warned of life-threatening storm surges.

View of the Anza Borego Desert from the mountains around Julian, April 12, 2023.

Excessive heat warning in effect for San Diego County deserts

The excessive heat warning is in effect until at least 8 p.m. Thursday for the San Diego County deserts.

A row of the Navy's electric vehicles, including Chevrolet Bolts, are parked in front of more than a dozen EV chargers at Naval Base San Diego Feb. 17, 2023.

$1.2 million in grants awarded to San Diego County clean energy projects

More than $1.2 million in grants announced Tuesday will be used for local clean energy and green workforce development projects in San Diego County.

Hear here! Our list of the best podcasts by fourth graders

For the first time ever, NPR presents the fourth grade winners of the Student Podcast Challenge.

Witold Banka, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, attends a press conference at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Thursday in Paris, France.

U.S. lawmakers threaten funding for sport doping program over China Olympic scandal

American lawmakers threaten to withhold funding for the World Anti-Doping Agency. The sports watchdog group faces criticism over its secretive handling of positive drug tests by Chinese athletes.

Fog hangs over downtown San Diego as cooler weather moves into San Diego County, May 29, 2020.

Cooler conditions expected in San Diego County this week

Low clouds and fog are expected for some areas of San Diego County this week, with a few degrees of cooling and light showers over the mountains by mid-week.

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a conveyor belt as she sorts through materials at a recycling center in San Francisco.

California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

Host Jorge Meraz explores the waste products which are later turned into new products at Biobreak in Mexicali.

CROSSING SOUTH: Recycling and Chinese Food

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Learn about recycling efforts at Biobreak, and then meet architect Pablo Chee at Imperial Garden restaurant in Mexicali.

Wood supports hold up portions of the Ocean Beach Pier's railings as the pier remains closed to the public in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego, CA on March 26, 2024.

Potential new design for Ocean Beach Pier to be revealed April 6

The final design for a newly renovated Ocean Beach pier will be unveiled at an upcoming community workshop.

Giant panda Xin Bao is seen in her Panda Ridge habitat at the San Diego Zoo on Wednesday, one day before the bear and a male, Yun Chuan, were due to go on display. The pandas arrived at the end of June.

The panda-drought ends in California as San Diego Zoo's new arrivals welcome visitors

The special public unveiling of “Panda Ridge” was scheduled for noon on Thursday. They’re the first pandas to come to the United States in 21 years.

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